How Do You Connect An SATA Drive With An IDE?
Most commercially available drives fall into two catagories: IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) and SATA (Serial ATA). Though these are two different connector standards, they can easily be connected to the same computer. Most motherboards have the functionality to support both types at the same time as long as they were manufactured in the last several years. If you have bought a new hard drive with the SATA standard, and still have IDE drives, you can easily connect both. Connect the SATA data cable. The connector is thin and wafer-like, and there will be only one way to connect it, just flip it over if it is not fitting in. Locate a SATA power cable among the wires coming off of your power supply. The connector will look like the data connector, but smaller. Plug it into the power connector on the back of the drive (also like the data one, but smaller). Locate the SATA connectors on the motherboard. They will look like the data connectors on the back of the hard drive. Connect the S
